Species
Mexican tarragon
Tagetes lucida
Varieties
2 entries| Variety | Description | Prices (EUR) | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexican mintBSI-H804430 | — |
| Details |
| Sweet maceBSI-FL81665 | — |
| Details |
Tagetes lucida belongs to Asteraceae, not to the mint family despite the Mexican mint common name.
Flowers and foliage
Yellow composite flower heads accompany its aromatic foliage. It persists as a perennial in warm conditions but is often treated as an annual where winters are cold. Sun and well-drained soil suit this herbaceous marigold relative.
Mexican tarragon: seed selection
Mexican Mint and Sweet Mace identify the listed Tagetes lucida seed references.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Perennial
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Tagetes lucida
- Common names
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- Mexican mint marigold
- Mexican-tarragon
- Sweet mace
- Sweetscented Marigold
- Swet-Scented marigold
- Texas-tarragon
- sweet marigold
- sweet-mace
- sweet-scent Mexican marigold
- sweet-scent marigold
- Synonyms
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- Tagetes anethina
- Tagetes florida
- Tagetes gilletii
- Tagetes lucida
- Tagetes lucida f. florida
- Tagetes lucida florida
- Tagetes lucida lucida
- Tagetes pineda
- Tagetes punctata
- Tagetes schiedeana
- Tagetes seleri
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Tagetes
- Species
- Tagetes lucida